Passport and visa

Iran Airport Visa for Foreign Nationals

Visitors (tourists) or those who need to be in Iran for business, commercial or administrative purposes can refer to airport consulate units of the I.R.IRAN to obtain visa (airport visa). This way, passengers would be able to get visa from over 70 countries. Visa Office of Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has units in airports across Iran, ready to check your application form and issue visa if they find you admissible. This visa can allow you to be in Iran for one day until thirty days. Although Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs can offer diverse range of options and services, reports and comments made by foreign passengers indicate that it would be better to apply for visa, even airport visa, prior to travel.

Why your foreign guests have to apply for visa in prior:

This is to avoid standing in long queues for visa in airport (sometimes it may take until 24 hours)

Difference of hours in different areas of the world is another reason. Your guest may arrive in Imam Khomeini Airport at 3:00 am. At this time even the idea of waiting for visa after ten hours of flight is disappointing.

There are certain forms that visa applicants must fill in, which requires you to apply for visa in prior.

Administrative process of visa application takes some time, and it constitutes another reason for the requirement to apply visa in prior.

Sometimes the applicant may be rejected for visa (in some cases this happens due to not knowing the details of laws and regulations governing airport visa).

For getting Iran's visa, you'd better apply in prior. If you are sure that your guest is qualified to be given airport visa, you can write the name of airport in your guest's form. It is helpful when preparing application form of visa.

If you have already applied for Iran's visa, please be noted that:

You will get airport visa sooner.

You are more likely to get visa.

You would have much less stress for visa, because you do not have to stand in long queues for visa.

Your visa process would be easier because you do not have to fill in various forms (just having passport and telling your reference code suffices to get visa).